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Why Games Hit Harder Than Books and Movies
Books tell and films show; games make you do, and then hold you responsible. That makes them not the highest art but the most participatory one.
Essays by game
Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons
Starbreeze Studios, 2013. Discussed in 2 essays.
Industry, Art, Media: What Video Games Actually Are
A video game is three things at once: an industrial product, an artistic work and a medium that argues. The most revealing parts of a game sit where the three meet.